Terrifying Heavens: I Slay Demons by Painting Faces

When Ren Tingting saw Chen Hengyi's serious expression, she was immediately taken aback.

Chen Hengyi spoke up: "Miss Ren, don't you know that men and women shouldn't touch each other?"

"Although Western culture emphasizes openness, the distinction between men and women is the same everywhere."

Ren Tingting frowned slightly and quickly let go of his hand.

Then she glanced at Uncle Nine and Wencai, who were busy at work, and pouted, "Looks like you're busy today. I'll come again next time."

As she was about to leave, Chen Hengyi said to Uncle Jiu, "I'll see Miss Ren out."

"Come back early, don't be late!"

Chen Hengyi nodded, and then saw Ren Tingting off.

But just as they were passing through a small path and about to reach the gate of Renjia Town, a roar came from above.

"You damned scoundrel, trying to kidnap my beautiful cousin! Stop right there!"

Captain Awei came running over angrily, holding a Mauser pistol in his hand.

When Ren Tingting saw it was Awei, she immediately frowned and said, "Cousin, you can't say things like that."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Awei approached with a sly grin. "I saw it all clearly."

Behind Captain Awei were two security guards carrying long guns, their dark muzzles pointed directly at Chen Hengyi.

Ren Tingting is completely confused about the situation.

She quickly tried to explain, but Captain Awei wouldn't listen at all.

At this moment, Captain Awei had already taken out handcuffs and was pointing his pistol at Chen Hengyi.

"Hmph, kid, just accept your fate."

Chen Hengyi was curious; he didn't seem to have offended Captain Awei, did he?

Aside from being somewhat close to Ren Tingting...

What is he trying to do?

At this moment, Captain Awei was already very close, and Chen Hengyi had some martial arts skills.

With Ren Tingting blocking the gun barrels, Chen Hengyi felt he could take down Captain Awei right now.

However, the other party did not fire immediately, which means...

"Captain Wei, I didn't do anything, isn't this against the rules?"

"Rules?" Captain Awei pulled Ren Tingting away, and Chen Hengyi lost his human shield.

A member of the security team also quickly stepped forward and grabbed Ren Tingting, preventing her from getting closer.

He sneered, "Here, my word is law. If I say you're guilty, you must be executed!"

Chen Hengyi shrugged: "Give me a reason. If I'm really guilty, I'll go with you."

Captain Awei smirked and said, "You were talking about emperors being beheaded and revolutions at my aunt's house. You're just some outsider who performs in operas. Who gave you the guts?"

"So, tell me, are you guilty or not?"

Suddenly, Chen Hengyi realized what was going on.

The Ren family is the emperor here. When Chen Hengyi mentioned Louis XVI, they felt that this was a veiled reference to Ren Fa.

Because Ren Fa is the nominal and de facto ruler here.

Now Captain Awei is here to get rid of him.

In this era, the security team, as a violent institution, was the enforcer of the rules in Renjia Town.

"So it's because Master Ren can't tolerate me!" An idea flashed through Chen Hengyi's mind; it was about the mission.

He said, "That's a bit unfair."

"Fair?" Captain Awei laughed loudly, as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world.

"Stop talking nonsense! If my uncle hadn't said he'd spare your life, I'd shoot you dead right now!"

Ren Fa wants to see me?

It turns out that the injustice in Renjia Town did not refer to the feng shui master, but to the Ren family.

Chen Hengyi understood; he finally got it completely.

He had been limiting himself, focusing only on the plot, when in reality this is a real world.

The other characters, outside the main storyline, are also living, breathing people, and Renjia Town, dominated by the Ren family, is inevitably...

However, Chen Hengyi looked at Captain Awei, who was so close to him.

"Alright, I will go see Master Ren, but..."

"But what?"

Captain Awei was curious why Chen Hengyi, who was facing a dead end, still looked so calm and collected.

Chen Hengyi stretched out his hands, signaling Captain Awei to handcuff him.

Captain Awei smiled smugly: "Looks like you've resigned yourself to your fate."

Then he instructed the men behind him, "If this person makes any move, shoot him dead!"

As he spoke, he stepped forward, with the security team behind him still pointing their guns at Chen Hengyi, so Captain Awei was not worried about anything going wrong.

That's a gun! Even the most skilled martial artist would die from a single shot!

Just as Captain Awei arrived in front of Chen Hengyi, his body blocked the muzzle of the gun.

In the next instant, Chen Hengyi suddenly made his move!

Captain Awei's eyes only blinked for a moment before he instinctively fired his gun.

boom!

Chen Hengyi tilted his head and missed.

After the gunshot, the pistol was already in Chen Hengyi's hands.

"Ah!" Captain Awei's expression changed drastically, and he quickly raised his hands in surrender.

In an instant, the balance of power shifted.

Chen Hengyi smiled, pressed the pistol against Captain Awei's chest, and shouted at the security team, "Why aren't you shooting?"

Captain Awei shouted in terror, "Don't shoot!"

"I'm your captain, Wei! If you shoot, my uncle won't let you get away with it!"

The security team hesitated, holding their guns, unsure of what to do.

How did the captain end up in the enemy's hands?

Chen Hengyi picked up the handcuffs and put them on Awei's hands, whose face darkened as if he had lost his parents.

Then Chen Hengyi added, "Tell them to throw the guns over here."

Captain Awei valued his life highly, so he naturally followed Chen Hengyi's instructions.

The security team members thought they were just trying to make a living, so naturally they had to listen to their captain.

A moment later, two long spears appeared on Chen Hengyi's back.

And the four people, including Ren Tingting, were all captured by him alone.

Chen Hengyi said regretfully, "Miss Ren, as you can see, I was forced into this situation. Now I have no choice but to ask you to come back to the mortuary with me."

Ren Tingting's face turned pale as a gun was pointed at her, and she nodded repeatedly.

"I know there must be some misunderstanding, and I'll explain it to Daddy later!"

Not long after, Chen Hengyi returned.

Uncle Nine was completely dumbfounded when he saw it.

"Why did you bring Captain Wei back here?!"

We supposed to have taken Ren Tingting home, so why didn't she go back? Instead, there are a few more people here!

Chen Hengyi did not answer immediately, but instead asked Uncle Jiu to tie these people up first.

"Is there any Taoist magic that can temporarily keep them quiet and prevent them from causing me trouble?"

Uncle Nine frowned deeply: "What exactly happened?"

The saying goes that the common people cannot fight against the officials. Although Uncle Jiu has Taoist skills and is quite prestigious in the village, the security team and the Ren family are the "officials" representing Renjia Town.

Chen Hengyi gave a brief explanation, and Uncle Jiu's expression immediately changed.

"You're going to kill me just because I mentioned some things about foreigners?"

Chen Hengyi nodded: "We'll talk about this later. Right now, let's deal with the female ghost who's bewitching Qiusheng."

Uncle Nine nodded solemnly: "I understand."

He didn't say anything more after that. But when Chen Hengyi went to put away the guns and came back, he found that Captain Awei and the others were already fast asleep.

It looked like he wouldn't get out of bed until he'd slept for three days and three nights.

Chen Hengyi went to prepare to paint facial masks.

Back in the room, I first offered incense to the ancestral master, Huaguang Dadi.

May the ancestral master protect us.

After washing up, Chen Hengyi cleaned his face.

Like Zhang Fei, Bao Gong had a black face.

Chen Hengyi glanced at the sky and murmured, "It's about time."